Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 90, 23 February 1921 — Page 9

a'ELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 1921.

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EXTRAVAGANCE AND STARVATION IS SEEN IN VIENNESE CROWDS (By Associated Press)

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extravagance in food and clothing is a nightly picture at the gay restaurants here while only a few blocks away hungry and scantlly-clothed persons are being poorly fed in community kitchens. Visitors to Vienna are shock ed by this paradoxical economic condi tion. Others are either hardened to the contradictory sights or, in their inability to alter either extreme, can only shut their eyes to them. Crowded theaters and operas at tremendously advanced prices, concerts sold out in advance, masked ball following masked ball in an endless riot against the coming of Lent, cabarets whose risque dancers would bring out the police in New York and where nothing to drink but wine is served, cafes and restaurants with never an empty table, not a room to be had in the big hotels whose prices go up from week to week that is one picture. On its reverse, foreign relief straining itself and demanding unceasing contributions in aid of a suffering populace. Claim Presence of Strangers. Viennese claim that in all these resorts where display and expenditure of the most vulgar kind are evidenced not one real Austrian can be found, that they have not the money. They Fay thcv are supported by the horde of profiteers of every race and every nationality that infest and infect the city. A recent demonstration of the populace is acknowledged to have been inspired by this prodigal display of extravagance and ready money on the fail of this small element of the population. The workinginen demand the government shall suppress profiteering and eliminate the sheba (profiteering wholesaler or middleman) and the slelchandler (illicit trader) in an effort 1o lower the daily mounting cost of living, else they will undertake to do so on their own account. They carried a miniature gallows in a recent demonstration. Appearances Harm City. The authorities and thoughtful Austrians acknowledge that this superficial froth of extravagance and display is doing great harm to the city and tho country. Casual travellers who spend a few days in the inner city, visit these gorgeous resorts and see the high-class restaurants crowded at every meal, tea dances in the afternoon, exceptionally well dressed men and women and the display of furs and jewels and articles of luxury in the shop windows probably unexcelled in any capital, are hard to convince that beneath this veneer lies widespread privation and in certain strata actual bitter suffering. Some 400,000 children are being fed one nourishing meal a day by American charity. Through American aid the hospitals are being refurnished with long absent necessities. Ne'arly 200,000 Austrian children are charity guests in other countries. Indeed the il .. lt.. .11 M , , , i-uaiiijr ui mi iion-suuerinK neoDies is being extended bountifully to this country regardless of creed or race, and all investigators who dig deeply into conditions acknowledge It Is needed. But not infrequently the visitor, especially the American, when he Is told this, gazes on the evidence of wealth and well-being about him and remarks that it might be well to SDend some of this money at home instead of de manding aid from other lands. One answer is that this phase of Vienna life brings money in and keeps it circulating. Another Is that the temperament of a people must be considered. Divorces One, Marries Another, Has Two Wives (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 23. The shade of King Solomon no doubt would be an interested spectator in the dignified atmosphere of the Ohio supreme court, when that body hears the case of George Vivian Smith, of this city, who thought he wadjdivorced from one wife, and marrieuagain. Now he has two, to all legal appearances. The sagacity of a Solomon might be needed in the case, which is traced back to the changeability of a woman's mind and the scratch of a pen in a legal tome. Some months ago Margaret E. M. Smith sued Smith for divorce. On March 20, 1920. Judge C. II. Hoffman, in the domestic relations court, announced that ht would award a decree to the plaintiff. There is a rule in the court which prevents the entry befng made within 30 days. Smith thought he was divorced, so in five days he married the woman who now writes Mrs. Lillian M. Smith. Before the 30 days were up, wife No. 1 decided she didn't want a di- ' vorce after all, and she so informed the court, adding that she had decided that she would dismiss the suit. Smith appealed to Judge Hoffman, who said he didn't have any authority to enter the decree. The distraught husband then went to the court of appeals, which comforted him to the extent of holding him blameless for the fact that he 1 ossessed two wives, but the court with a lift of its collective eyebrows, sustained Judge Hoffman's ruling that the first' wife had a right to change her mind, and that the divorce could not be entered over her protest. Now Smith has appealed to the supreme court to order Judge Hoffman to put the decree on in "the name of public morals and public policy." It is alleged that Mrs. Smith No. 1, hearing of Smith's marriage, had decree cancelled in order that Smith might be charged with bigamy. Masonic Calendar. Wednesday. Feb. 23. Webb lodge, No." 24, F. and A. M. Called meeting; work in entered apprentice degree, beginning at 5:30 o'clock Thursday, Feb. 24 Masonic club subscription dance, limited to Masons. Friday. Feb. 25 King Solomon's chapter No. 4, R. A. M. Special meeting; work in the Past and Most Excellent Master's degrees. Saturday, Feb. 26. The members of the Eastern Star will give a Washington party. Colonial costume If so desired. Each member to invite a Ma sonic couple as her guest. The affair

Get-Rich-Quick Bubbles That Have Burst By HARLEY MATTHEWS SHARE DISTRIBUTION FRAUDS

Give a gamble another name, Whittaker Wright said, and people will pat their money in, who never would have otherwise. He got the idea in America, and tried it out there, but to no profit. For it to work, as he afterwards found, it wanted the conservative investor's and brokers of England. He found London waiting for him and his idea in 1894. The whole country was astire with the news of the gold discoveries in West Australia. Hitherto, the mines had been worked by local capital, but the fields had not become so extensive that London was being asked to finance both old and new ventures. But money for them could only be got at a price.. Many people would not subscribe to a min ing venture, holding it too much of a gamble, nor would old fashioned brokers deal in its stock. Moreover, for the same reason, banks would not advance a loan on the security of such scrip. This attitude gave Mr. .Wright his opportunity. He floated the West Austrialian Exploring and Finance corporation. With it he proved his theory was correct. Though formed to assist in the promotion of mining ven tures he had no difficulty in getting the money for It from the most conservative investors. Nor, he found was there any bank or broker who hesitated to accept its scrip. In a short time the exploring company was so well regarded by high finance, that Mr. Wright thought it time to float another like it. This he cealled the London & Glove Finance corporation, and it had a still greater success. It promoted the Lake View mine with a capital of $1,000,000. Here luck helped Mr. Wright, for the mine promised to be one of the richest in the world, producing $180,000 worth of gold a month. The mine's success helped him, as well as building up- the reputation of his finance corporation, for he was always careful to reserve for himself a large quantity of shares in the companies floated. Mr. Wright now felt he was able to satisfy all the tastes of his nature. He hired a palatial office and gave the most lavish entertainments in the west end. He bought a yacht, a racing stable and a mansion in Surrey. Soon the stock of the London & Globe had risen 100 percent. Everywhere he was being talked of as the rising financier-He now felt it again time to float the London & Globe corporation No. 2. This took in the other two companies, under Mr. Wright's terms of amalgamation, he being allotted 605,000 shares out of the capital of $10,000,000. Few enterprises of the day could have got the public support it aia. Subscribers rushed to the office, and allotments of shares were dealt out as favors. In a few days the disap pointed were turned away to Duy shares on the market at high premiums. Mr. Wright so manipulated the market that soon the stock was selling at a High price. Holders who now sold made fortunes. Mr. Wright's entertainments grew still more lavish. People wondered how he could take his losses on the race-course so calmly. He now went in for extravagant promotions as well as extravagant living. The London & Globe floated another new finance company. The British American coproation with a capital of $7,500,000. the promoter getting 500,000 free shares. This new concern's first venture was to acquire some mining options in British Columbia. A mine in working order was also purchased for $3,700,000. But the promoters were not too busy with other pchemes to trouble about the operations and the mine's output at once decreased. Although there was not suspicion at the time, there is little doubt that some of the money subscribed was spent on the mine. Soon the profits which had till now been good, disappeared altogether. There was an inquiry over this, but Mr. Wright was soon assuring the shareholders that good dividends could be expected in the future. Perhaps it would have gone as he said, only just then it was found that WHEN RHEUMATISM HITS YOU HARD! Sloan's Liniment Should Be Kept Handy For Aches and Pains Why wait for a severe pain, an ache, a rheumatic twinge following exposure, a Bore muscle, sciatica, or lumbago to make you quit work, when you should have Sloan's Liniment handy to help curb it and keep you active, and fit, and on the job? Without rubbing, for it penetrates, apply "a bit today to the afflicted part. Note the gratifying, clean, prompt relief that - follows. Sloan's Liniment couldn't kep its many thousands of friends the world over if it didn't make good. That's worth remembering. All druggists three sizes the largest is the most economical. 35c, 70c, $1.40. Ho& Liniment

a Canadian bank held a claim against the mine for $1,000,000. With the next British Columbian mine it purchased, the company had no better luck. In a short time the shares of this had fallen from $23 to $3. The promoters had also many sick Australian stocks on their hands. There were the Victorian Gold Estates, the Caledonian Cooper & Nickel corporation, and many others. But their state did not disconcert Mr. Wright at all. He immediately had the Standard Exploration company floated to act as a nurse to them. Mr. Whittaker Wright had now been prosjering in London financial circles for three years. Yet, though all his company's dealings were of a highly speculative nature, no one else seemed to realize it. Brokers dealt in the stock of the London Finance corporation readily, and the shareholders would have been highly indignant had it been suggested that all they had their money invested in was a mining venture or two. Mr. Wright had proved his theory, but it was a pity he could not have gone further with it and made a gamble not a gamble. For

soon, before anyone knew the reason. 10,000 shareholders in his various com-v panies found themselves without dividends or capital. Where had it all gone? A meeting was called where Mr. Wright was all confidence. "The London and Finance can be put on its legs again for another $1,000,000," he declared. Such was his standing, that the creditors, with one exception, signed an agreement not to press their claims immediately. One director said he hoped that the advice of the chair would be taken, and most of the shareholders were confident that all. could soon remedied. But the money had vanished. Most of the securities held were mining stocks, or options on mining territory which might be worthless. The method of finance was simple, though it took expert accountants months to trace where the money had gone. Mr. Wright's various companies bought one another's stock and distributed it amongst themselves. WheA one of them wanted to pay a dividend it merely borrowed from one of the others. The London & Globe as it paid the highest dividends, did most of the borrowing. Out of the British American's $7,500,000 capital, the London & Globe borrowed $3,000,000. The shareholders of the former all the time believing that the money was being spent in legitimate mining. But actual mining was a thing that few of the mining companies, large or! small, did. They were only brought into existence to give the larger corporations a reason for living. Questions were asked in the British parliament whether the law permitted J such trafficking, and could not Mr. Whittaker Wright be proceeded against? The socllltor-general re- ! piled that there had been no indicta ble offense against the law committed, and nothing further could be done, though he promised to consider the drafting of a law to prevent its repetition in future. Altogether it was found that Mr. Wright had wasted $25,000,000 of other people's money, and all the subscribers of that amount had to show, were certificates for shares in companies with some fine-sounding names. Only then did they realize that they had broken their one financial rule never to embark in a venture that savored of a ramble. ! (Copyright 1920 by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) E Rub Musterole on Forehead and Temples A headache remedy without the danpws of "headache medicine.' Relieves headache and that miserable feeling from colds or congestion. And it acts at once! Musterole is a clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. Better than a mustard plaster and does not blister. Used only externally, and in so way can it affect stomach and heart, as some internal medicines do. Excellent for sore throat; bronchitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, all pains and aches of the bade or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of tho chest (it often prevents pneumonia). S5c ana t6v jars; nospiutl sixe o.00 WATCH REPAIRING If you want your watch to run and depend on good time, oring them to us. A specialty on high-grade watch repairing. C. & O. watch inspector. HOMRIGHOUS 1021 Main St. Phone 1867 - MONEY TO LOAN "PRUDENTIAL" Phone 1727 Room 202. K. of P. Temple

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NEWEST PHOTO OF IRENE CASTLE AND HER YOUNG HUSBAND, ROBERT TREMAN

Hitherto unpublished photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Tremaiu This is one of the newest photographs of the former Mrs. Irene Castle, famous dancer and widow of'tbe dancer-aviator. Vernon Castle. She is shown here with Robert A. Treman of Ithaca, N. Y, whom she married May 8. 1919. Mr. Treman is a son of Robert H. Treman, deputy governor of the Second Federal Reserve Bank.

The Home Garden Blackberries and raspberries are practically a sure crop. They are very desirable, coming as they do after the main crop of strawberries are gone. They are easy to care for and but little labor Is needed for their production. A patch of either will last for six or eight years without resetting. Any well drained soil will usually grow a successful crop. Plants grown on poor soil will not winter hill to as great an extent as on fertile soils but the berries will not grow so large. The soil should be plowed or spaded deeply and finely pulverized. Spring planting is usually preferred as the plants will get a good start and be better able to go through the following winter in good condition. They may be planted in rows or hills, depending on the manner of cultivation desired. They should be firmlv set in the soil. Be sure they can not be easily pulled up. If they can they are not properly planted. After the plants are set they should Catarrh Qnlrkly Ended by a riaan.t GermKilling Amlnrptlr. The Uttle Hj'omei Inhaler is mailc of hard rubber end ran easily be carried In pocket or puree. It will last a lifetime. Into this Inhaler pour a few drops ot maarlcal Hyornel. This is absorbed by the antiseptic gauze within and now you are ready to breathe it in over the germ infested membrane where it will speedily berin its work of killing catarrh perms. Hyomrl Is made of Australian eucalyptus combined with, other antiseptics and is very pleasant to breathe. It -is guaranteed to end catarrh, bronchitis, sore throat, croup, coughs and colds or money back. It cleans out a scuffed up head in two minutes. Sold by Dafler Drug Co., A. O. Luken & Co., and drug-gists everywhere. Ends indigestion It relieves stomach misery, sour stomach, belching and all stomach disease or money hack. Large box of tablet at all drnecists in all towns. N6vr Spring Wearables Arriving Daily at KNOLLENBERG'S The Bread that Always Pleases the Taste 0& BREAD A ! Full of Needed Body Energy H Made by 3 53 I ZWISSLER'S

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PARIS BASKS IN SPRING WARMTH; FURS DISCARDED PARIS. Feb. 23. Paris is enjoying balmy spring weather, with bright sunshine. Leaves already are budding on the trees along the boulevards. Men without overcoats and women without furs throng the . Avenue Bois DuBoulogne in open taxicabs, automobiles and coaches. ' The thermometer read 75 degrees at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.

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